NGAN'GI LANGUAGE

Meaning:

Female, of human and animal species.

Kurungurr Example:

Ayeyi falmi nawa, 'awakufun' nyinnin.

And the female equivalent (of amatyi), that's 'awakufun'.

falminyngerr

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Meaning:

Old woman, old women.

fangi

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kinterm

Meaning:

Father-in-law.

fangu

Word Class:

place noun

Meaning:

Front, in front, up ahead.

Kurungurr Example:

Pufuy fangu pirri!

Go on ahead!

Kurungurr Example:

Syirre pagu wirrigu pe, narrgu fangu yirrigu!

Let those two (women) sit in the back(seat), you two sit in the front(seat)!

fayam

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wibem

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Meaning:

Buy things, shop.

Kurungurr Example:

Mudiga wibem fayam.

She's bought a car.

fayfay

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Meaning:

Playing card numbered 'five'.

Fayi

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placename

Fayingi

Word Class:

placename

federre

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Meaning:

Devil.

feki panmi

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Meaning:

Skinny, bony, (lit: having a 'steep crotch' ).

fekiderri

Wumirri Headword:

fenggiderri

Word Class:

time noun

Meaning:

Long time, for a long time.

Kurungurr Example:

Fekiderri dini tye, ngirrngirr ngini kana dini bubu tye.

He was here for too long, his eyes were getting all sleepy.

Kurungurr Example:

Fenggiderri yemengge pe, minbe mendi wurru!

It'd take a long time to get there, its not close!

fekipurr

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Meaning:

'Steep arsed'.

fekiweri

Wumirri Headword:

fenggiweri

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Meaning:

Deep water.

Kurungurr Example:

Fekiweri wurru minde nana ngambani kafarr.

This water's too deep, we can't cross.

fekiwerimadi

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Meaning:

Deep hole.

fel

Kurungurr Reduplication:

felfil

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dangim

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Meaning:

Shine (of the sun).

Kurungurr Example:

Mirri dangim fel kana yenim.

The sun's shining now.

dagum

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Meaning:

Cross over something, jump from one side of something to the other (eg. cross a river or a road).

Kurungurr Example:

Minde yana fel, awarrapun atyityipi kinyi!

Don't cross the river, there's a lot of crocodiles here!

wudem

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Meaning:

Jump yourself over something, take a leap.

Kurungurr Example:

Atyalmerr wudem fel.

A barramundi jumped.

dem

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Meaning:

Extend something to its full length (eg. hold a piece of string taut by its ends).

Kurungurr Example:

Fi ngerim fel fenggu.

I extended the string.

wirribem

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Meaning:

Squat, sit on your haunches.

yetyin

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Meaning:

Lift something up, raise something.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngani kide nawa yetyin fel!

How on earth can he lift that !

felfi

Wumirri Headword:

werifi

Word Class:

adverb

Meaning:

Alone, lonely.

felfifelfi

Word Class:

adverb

Meaning:

Independently, separately, each person doing their own thing.

Kurungurr Example:

Felfifelfi wanninggi wurrkama.

They're working separately.

felfil

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dem

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Meaning:

Raise a child up, bring a child up, foster a child.

Kurungurr Example:

Werringngi felfil.

They raised me up.

dagan

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Meaning:

Run away, run off.

Kurungurr Example:

Wayedi ninytyininytyi nide dagam felfil.

The man ran off into the bushes.

wupun

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Meaning:

Hanging up, be raised up.

wudem

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Meaning:

Hop, jump.

Kurungurr Example:

Watkuwatku wudem felfil yenim.

The frog is hopping along.

yenim

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Meaning:

Wander, keep on the move, pop up here and there.

Kurungurr Example:

Minde dadirri dim, epe kukuk wani felfil ngini.

He can't keep still, in no time at all he's off again.

dagam

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Meaning:

Rise up, of floodwater.

Kurungurr Example:

Kuri dagam felfil kana.

The floodwater is rising now.

Meaning:

Strike (of lightning that snakes across the sky).

fenggu

Word Class:

nominal as coverb

dem

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Meaning:

Lengthen something, make something longer.

Kurungurr Example:

Kukuk wityi, ngemi fenggu ngini!

Hang on, I just need to make it a bit longer.

fenggu garri

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Meaning:

Painted design of lines as opposed to dots.

fepi

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Meaning:

Coins (money).

fepikuri

Wumirri Headword:

fepikuru

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Meaning:

Hailstones.

fepimurri

Wumirri Headword:

fepimurru

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Meaning:

Grinding stones. Pair of stones, one large concave lower stone, and a smaller upper grinding stone, used for grinding seeds.

ferp

Word Class:

time noun

Meaning:

Always, all the time, constantly.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngaganing gatit kuderri nyinnin ferp.

I just always go fishing at that billabong.

ferr

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dangim

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Meaning:

Shining (of moonlight).

Kurungurr Example:

Ngan dani ferr tye pagu winge, nyinda pagu nginge menmin tye pagu.

I was in the place where the moonlight was shining in, and I could just see out through that crack.

ferrferr

Meaning:

Flash (of lightning).

Meaning:

Flash (of lightning shooting across the sky)

ferrferrme

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Meaning:

Restricted places, places you shouldn't go to. Sacred things.

Kurungurr Example:

Dede nyin ferrferrme wurru, minde nana ngambani.

That place is restricted, we shouldn't go there.

fetyeny

Wumirri Headword:

futyeny

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Meaning:

Blood.

fi

Kurungurr Reduplication:

fifi

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dim

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Meaning:

Exhale air, smoke a cigarette, blow a didjeridu.

Kurungurr Example:

Wirrike nime ganbi wirringgi fifi nime.

The three of them were playing the didjeridu.

mem

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Meaning:

Have a puff, drag on a cigarette.

Kurungurr Example:

Peke fi ngimi ngini.

Let me have a puff of that cigarette.

dangim

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Meaning:

Bark (of a dog).

Kurungurr Example:

Wuwu dangim fi.

The dog's barking.

dangim

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Meaning:

Wear (clothes, shoes, jewellery, etc.).

Kurungurr Example:

Mikility ngarim fi ngirim.

I'm wearing a necklace.

fi barr

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dangim

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Meaning:

Stretch your neck up to see what's happening.

Kurungurr Example:

Warrim fibarr.

They stretched up to look.

fi baty

Word Class:

bodypart + coverb

dangim

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Meaning:

Poke something with something hot (like a poker), sting someone (of an insect).

Kurungurr Example:

Ngarim fibaty yenggi.

I burned his leg (with the end of a stick).

weyim

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Meaning:

Drown someone.

fi derri sul

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dangim

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Meaning:

Wakeful, be kept awake all night.

Kurungurr Example:

Dangingngi fiderrisul.

I was kept up all night.

fi derri tyat

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dangin

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Meaning:

Sing out at the top of your voice, bellow.

daram

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Meaning:

Carry a weight on your back, stand with (eg. a child) on your back.

fi derri tyuk

Kurungurr Reduplication:

fi derri tyutyuk

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dangim

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Meaning:

Lay things out, spread things out on the ground, arrange things deliberately.

Kurungurr Example:

Weri asyinbirr nide fepi ngambi fiderrityutyuk.

Let's place the (heated up) rocks into the ground oven.

fi dudu

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dangim

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Meaning:

Coil up (rope etc.).

Kurungurr Example:

Fi ngarim fidudu ngirim.

I'm coiling this string.

daram

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Meaning:

Coiled, be coiled up, be curled up.

Kurungurr Example:

Wusye daram fidudu.

She's got curly hair (her hair's curled up).

fi garri

Word Class:

fi + bodypart as coverb

wupun

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Meaning:

Look for something that you've misplaced.

Kurungurr Example:

Gagu ngini ngupun figarri ngaganim.

I'm looking round for my money.

fi garri si

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daram

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Meaning:

Stand with both feet touching the ground but with your weight mainly on one leg.

Kurungurr Example:

Ya, wunnawa wurity daram figarrisi.

Hey, he' s just posing perfectly there, standing weighted on one leg.

fi ge

Word Class:

fi + bodypart as coverb

wupun

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Meaning:

Happy at the discovery of food.

Kurungurr Example:

Awapurrpurrk ninytyilele syerri gibem miyi ngini wupunbirr fige.

The kids rushed off in a group, happy to get the fruit.

fi gen'ge

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dinyerrem

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Meaning:

Glance aside, cast your gaze to the side, avert your eyes from someone.

fi gerrgirr

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dingim

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Meaning:

Tell lies.

Kurungurr Example:

Wadingim figerrgirr.

He's a habitual liar.

fi girrmi tyat

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daram

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Meaning:

Position yourself on the side of something, place yourself at the side.

Kurungurr Example:

Minde yarra figimityat, ngumbuda madifili nana!

Don't all sit on one side (of the boat), we might tip over!

fi ket

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dingin

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Meaning:

Say something wrongly (either in error, or intentionally as a lie).

Kurungurr Example:

Dingimbi fiket deti.

He lied to you.

wupun

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Meaning:

Absent, be gone a long time.

Kurungurr Example:

Wakay wupun fiket ninde nime.

He's been gone a long time from us now.

bengin

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Meaning:

Absent, be gone a long time.

dangim

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Meaning:

Spear something accidently.

fi kulkul

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weyim

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Meaning:

Persuade someone, urge someone to do something, talk someone into doing something.

Kurungurr Example:

Nem ninggi mengngindi dingingngindi fikulkul.

He talked me into it.

fi kurr

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dangim

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Meaning:

Orphan someone, die and leave young family behind you.

Kurungurr Example:

Wirrim wunu dangimbirr fikurr.

She died and left them orphaned.

fi madi tyat

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dangim

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Meaning:

Place something inside something else.

fi madi tyuk

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dangim

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Meaning:

Place something inside a container.

Kurungurr Example:

Menyirr ngarim firr, ngarim fimadityuk, ngupun gulgul.

I scooped up the sugar, put it in (the pannikin) and stirred it.

fi me

Word Class:

fi + bodypart as coverb

dangim

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Meaning:

Give something to someone, place something in their hand, pass something to someone.

Kurungurr Example:

Wamanggal yubu da nimbi, yangi fime pagu.

If you shoot any wallabies, give one to me.

daram

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Meaning:

Cause things to happen to yourself, bring (eg. trouble) down on your own head.

Kurungurr Example:

Traful ngarany fime.

I got myself into trouble.

fi me gat

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dangim

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Meaning:

Leave something with someone.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngarim fimegat.

I left it with him.

fi me leli

Wumirri Headword:

fi me lali

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dangim

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Meaning:

Hand out something, dispense things, feed someone.

Kurungurr Example:

Warrim fimeleli anginakul Tawun.

They feed the fish in Darwin.

fi me tyat

Kurungurr Reduplication:

fi me tyattit

Word Class:

dangim

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